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Dire Mutation is attached to a unit at HQ. That unit follows its Warlord to a planet where Zarathur is also assigned. When the unit exhausts, does it get 1 or 2 damage? In other words, does a unit exhaust before or after it arrives at the planet?

Dire Mutation is attached to a unit at HQ. That unit follows its Warlord to a planet where Zarathur is also assigned. When the unit exhausts, does it get 1 or 2 damage? In other words, does a unit exhaust before or after it arrives at the planet?

RRG page 24: Other units are exhausted when they arrive at the planet. (A unit that is already exhausted also arrives in an exhausted state.)

The unit would get 2 damage. One damage from Dire Mutation and One from Zarathur's bonus.

Also, if a unit is already exhausted in the HQ (and thus, is committed to the planet exhausted) Dire Mutation would not trigger as a unit would not 're-exhaust' (also not triggering Zarathur).

RRG p. 24: "Other units are exhausted when they arrive at the planet..."

RRG p. 16, The Word "When": The word “when” refers to a game occurence that is underway but not yet concluded. Most interrupt card abilities use the word “when” to specify the timing of their triggering condition.

I am sure your interpretation is correct, but it seems like they could have just said, "...after they arrive..."

RRG p. 3, The Word "After": The word “after” refers to a game occurence that has just been concluded.

The RRG definition is designed to explain that the word "when" is special when used in a card ability. It's not meant to be applied everytime "when" is used throughout the rules, otherwise we're all in a world of pain. Units don't exhaust after they arrive because that implies they arrive ready and then exhaust, which they don't - they exhaust at the exact moment they arrive, ie when they arrive (using the normal everyday english usage of when). Meaning they don't exhaust before they arrive either.

The good thing about this card is that you can kind of control your opponent with it, very good against space marines or eldar who want you to play their game. In my opinion chaos lack good events and such that control the game well. Space marines have fury of sicarus, indomitable, drop pods, crushing blow etc, eldar have nullify and all of that bs. This adds some control that chaos desperately needs. Potential 2 damage is absolutely insane for 1 cost. They attack you, they get damaged. It's really good for 1 cost. I would've expected it to cost 2.

This is so good when attached on the eldar warlord. MY GOD IS IT GOOD!

As an "amusing" aside (well it amused me anyway), I placed this on my opponent's Land Raider which then protected it from 3 damage (+1 thanks to Zarathur's presence) when I threw down a Warpstorm a few turns later. One instance were this attachment can actually offer a bit of protection!

Any particular reason you put it on such a burly unit that can afford to just ignore the damage for multiple turns? Put it on a weaker unit and you burn it out quickly. Put it on a Land Raider and it becomes a mosquito.

Well there was already a couple of damage on it and as it was already party of the warlord train it was damaging itself as party of the commit process. Couple that with Zarathur boosting the damage it didn't last long.